Hi Friends! How honored I am to be the Commencement Speaker for Syracuse University on Sunday! Here is an interview I just did about it, catch me on the live stream beginning at 9:30 Eastern time. Can you imagine! 50 years ago I was sitting in that audience– speaking on the SU Commencement stage was the last thing…Read More

Kathrine Switzer is less than a month away from running her first New York City Marathon in 42 years. She decided to enter the Nov. 5 event during the post-race euphoria she experienced this year after successfully completing the Boston Marathon on the 50th anniversary of her barrier-breaking finish. Summing up the decision, Switzer grinned:…Read More

A legendary runner who made a name for herself as the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon was in New York Monday. The great Kathrine Switzer led a group of women on a run downtown. Switzer says she remembers the Boston Marathon in 1967 like it was yesterday. It was a moment that…Read More

Legendary runner, Katherine Switzer, is in studio this morning talking about her experience being the first woman to run thew Boston Marathon. Listen to her story how she registered and how it all happened. She’s in town running the Chicago Rock ‘n’ Roll races this weekend! Watch VideoRead More

After initially launching her memoir ‘Marathon Woman’ in the USA, Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon, toured her book in New Zealand and talked to NZone Tonight’s Annette Lee about it, and what it takes to become a female endurance athlete.Read More

New York Road Runners CEO Mary Wittenberg and Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon, discuss the progress in women’s running before the 2008 New York Mini 10k in Central Park, June 6, 2008.Read More

Kathrine Switzer interviews Carl Lewis after he sets 100 meters world record in the July 1988 US Olympic trials in Indianpolis, INRead More

About Kathrine

Kathrine Switzer has long been one of runnings most iconic figures. N0t just for breaking barriers as the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon in 1967, but also for creating positive global social change. Because of her millions of women are now empowered by the simple act of running.